Workers Compensation - As enacted, adds a requirement that an award of attorneys' fees and costs incurred when an employer unreasonably denies a workers' compensation claim or unreasonably fails to timely initiate any of the benefits associated with the claim must be based on a finding by the workers' compensation judge that the employer's conduct was unreasonable; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

Summary

The measure lets a deceased worker’s family bring a civil wrongful‑death claim when the employer’s gross negligence or criminal conduct contributed to the death, and it raises workers’ compensation benefit percentages from roughly 67% to 75%. It also requires a judge to find an employer’s conduct unreasonable before awarding attorney fees and changes rules about permanent total disability and fee waivers.

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